Saturday, June 20, 2009

COMMENTS: What's the big deal here? I've pitched against my brother at least a hundred times before. He's got a mean splitter and fastball, and was never afraid to come inside with the chin music. I relied on changing speeds often to keep my opponents off-balance. I think I won more often than not, but unforunately, there was no way to keep lifetime head-to-head records on RBI Baseball, so I don't have the stats.

Meanwhile, everyone is making a hullabaloo about the first career Weaver matchup, the eighth time in Major League history that brothers have gone head-to-head. Shaggy vs. the Subway-named guy. Complacent looks of stoic expression are certain to abound!

Nic; So true. The day Fox traded Piazza, I had to back away.Then they fired Tommy. I went further away.Then they told Scioscia he'd never manage for them. When they sold the team, it was time to come back.

Okay, I'm really leaving, but I just want to say that if you watch the replay, it really looks like Ethier shies away when he gets close to the wall. Either he was afraid of the wall, or afraid of crashing into Kemp, but he slowed up and looked like he could have gotten there.